Surface Run Over By A Car!!!!!!

[berty6294]

well you just disqualified yourself from that cause I had a feeling that was the angle this was going. You shouldn't expect them to give you a new tab for your irresponsibility.

It was a joke lol I'm not expecting anything. I would keep this surface anyway! Chicks dig battle scars!

 

[TheNerdlyKnight]

Make sure to tweet @benthepcguy too, he's Microsoft's twitter evangelist.

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[nbktonic]

If you're unsure or back and forth whether the Surface or iPad is best for you, please consider this story.

Yesterday morning, I got up to go to work. I walked outside and noticed the trashcan at the end of the driveway (trash went out the night before). I set my surface on the roof of my car and walked over to grab the trashcan and take it back to the house. I then proceeded to get in my car and started driving down the street. Made my first left at another street and drove down until I got to RT 1. Made my right hand turn in the middle of 60mph traffic and apparently I had forgotten my Surface is on my roof! (well, WAS on my roof) it had flown off and laid in the middle of the road. I didn't notice my Surface was not sitting next to me for another half mile when I made a very quick U-turn! Driving back the direction I came from with tears in my eyes, I was scanning the roads looking for my tablet. I get down to where I made my turn onto RT 1 and see it laying in the road. I stop (luckily nobody was behind me) and watched the last group of traffic drove by. Each car passed by with the tires on each side of the Surface until the very last car. The tire of the car ran completely over the Surface and next thing I saw was my brand new $700 tablet and touch cover flying through the air in separate directions! My heart jumped, and so did I! I jumped out of my car and ran across the street to first grab the tablet, then the Surface, and then my phone which of course fell out of my lap during all this. I jumped back in my car just before 60 mph traffic made its way to me!

I drove home, not even looking at the tablet until I pulled into the driveway. I put my car in park and pick up the Surface. First thing I see is the backside of it. Some scratches and corners beat up quite a bit. I flipped it over and to my surprise, there is not a single scratch nor crack in the screen! I was completely speechless! The moment of truth was coming up.. I hit the power button, and never was I so happy to see the start screen of the Surface! It had survived! I was expecting to see glass everywhere and components laying in the street, but Microsoft did me better than that! This product is insane! I would love to see what an iPad looks like after getting run over by a car going 60 mph!

The Surface feels completely sturdy, exactly like how I got it. Everything works in it, even the touch cover (which got a slight tear in it) works completely fine! Microsoft has made such an incredible product, I am completely speechless how this could happen!

I am such a grateful surface owner! I took some pics so everybody can see how well this held up! I'm even creating this thread and downloading the pics from my camera using my Surface!

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Good job MS and lucky you! Feel bad for the mishap though. I can imagine the look on your face when the car went over it :O

 

[PBNkapamilya]

Wow. That sounds like a great story for a future Surface advert! Is anyone from Microsoft listening? Hehehe...

In all seriousness, that's a nice reassurance of Surface's build quality.

 

[berty6294]

Good job MS and lucky you! Feel bad for the mishap though. I can imagine the look on your face when the car went over it :O

Actually I think it was probably a face of pure adrenaline, anger, and determination. I was about to leap out of my car into traffic to save it! Then when I threw it in the passenger seat to drive home, pure tears. But once I got home and actually looked at it, face was that of a child on Christmas morning! Lol

 

[AbsoluteZerow]

Wow man, that is awesome!

 

[berty6294]

Steven Sinofski retweeted me (along with many MANY others)

... I think they know!

 

[kylej1050]

Turns out dropping one on-stage really wasn't a big deal!

 

[berty6294]

Steven Sinofski retweeted me (along with many MANY others)

... I think they know!

The official Surface twitter page retweeted me

... they DEFINITELY know!

 

[WPhoner]

Holy crap!!.. glad all is well!

 

[kittengirl]

Your story is amazing! One thing I've hated about my iPad2 is how delicate it is. After having it only a few weeks, I picked it up one day and the volume wasn't working. When I reached sor the volume control, I found a big dent in the case. They gave me a courtesy replacement, but told me that the edges were very easily damaged by putting them in a book bag crammed with too much other stuff! I still have no idea how mine got damaged. Eventually, the replacement got a big dent too, when I hit it on the edge of a table - not even very hard. Fortunately, it didn't render it inoperable like the previous dent. I also have a big catch in the screen, and no idea where it came from. Glad to hear the surface is so much more durable!

 

[Mark Dart]

Well done Surface, I had a Sony phone run over by a truck several years ago and it never looked that good. Good to know I purchased a solid device

 

[Marijnb]

Great story, glad youre device survived.
The news made it to the Netherlands as well.

Een Surface RT nadat hij met 95 km/h overreden is

 

[Nataku4ca]

holy moses, there is barely any scratches in the picture from what you were describing, i am amazed, hope mine holds up as good as yours

 

[berty6294]

holy moses, there is barely any scratches in the picture from what you were describing, i am amazed, hope mine holds up as good as yours

yeh there arnt many scratches, but theres gravel imprints from being pressed so firmly against the ground. I cant complain about that though, im happy it still functions!

 

[graigsmith]

wow. that metal they used must be pretty good.

i'm betting their phone is going to be pretty cool.

 

[asian_frog_master]

Hi I would like to know how the windows surface's hardware is, any problems or bugs in the soft ware or anything? Thanks

 

[AgentTheGreat]

 

[berty6294]

Hi I would like to know how the windows surface's hardware is, any problems or bugs in the soft ware or anything? Thanks

Oh wow I just noticed your reply. Yen when I had that surface, software was all fine. Everything worked completely right until exactly two weeks later the exact same thing gapped but the surface didn't survive that time.... Hana been a while but the day feels like just yesterday!

 

[berty6294]

Uh, so Microsoft's Youtube channel just posted a video that mentions my story lol idk how to feel about that (some youtube comments are mean)

On the Whiteboard: Kill Your PC - YouTube